Pierre Flores
Second Violin
MEMBER SINCE 2013
EDUCATION University of California - Irvine, California State University - Fullerton
FUN FACT I joined choir in college to impress a girl. I guess it worked because now we're married and have a 15- month-old together!
HOBBIES Watching history documentaries, Cooking, Playing PC games, Researching the latest tech and gadgets
BIOGRAPHY
Pierre graduated from UC Irvine in 2009 with a BM in Violin Performance under the tutelage of acclaimed violinist, Harotune Bedelian. He was awarded a fellowship to continue graduate work at UC Irvine and received his MFA in Violin Performance in 2011. Following graduate school, Pierre continued to study violin with Paul Manaster, assistant concertmaster of the Pacific Symphony, and earned his teaching credential in instrumental music from Cal State Fullerton.
An active freelance musician, Pierre is a member of the San Bernardino Symphony and concertmaster of the Dana Point Symphony. He also maintains a busy teaching schedule as the instrumental music director at Ladera Ranch Middle School and runs a private studio of talented violin and viola students in Orange County.
Pierre lives in OC with his wife Fatima, son Ezra, and their cats Casper and Rocky.